Rotary cutter for forming or renewing gin or linter saw teeth



w. H. CAMP AND R. H. BUTTERS.

ROTARY CUTTER FOR FORMING 0B RENEWING GIN 0R LINTER SAW TEETH.

,- APPLICATION FILEIJ APR II, 1919.

1 1 9 1, Patented June 20, 1922. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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. APPLICATION FILED (APR. n, 919. 1,41 9,9 7, Patented June 20, 1922.

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APPLICATION FILED APILIHI 1919.

1 ,4 l ,9 1 .7 Patented June 20, 1922.

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WARNER H. CAMP AND ROBERT H. BU'TTERS, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNORS TO THE BUTTER-S-CAlVIP MFG. 00., OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA,

GEORGI ROTARY CUTTER FOR FORMING OR RENEWING GIN OR.LINTER SAW TEETH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 11., 1919. Serial No. 289,221.

T 0 aZZ ctr/1.0m it viz-(1y concern Be it known that we, TVARNEP. H. CAMP B'U'rrnns, citizens ,of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Tmprovements in Rotary Cutters tor Forming; or Renewing Gin or Linter Saw Teetlnot which the itollowing is a specification.

This invention relates .to an impro'ed rotary cuttertor forming or renewing gin or linter saw teeth, proposing a cutter which is especially applicable to the production oi? teeth of the general type disclosed in the Letters Patent o't R. H. Butters, No. 1,346.- 39(, according; to the method disclosed in the Letters Patent ot 13.. TI. Butters, No. 1,277,375, granted September 3, 1918, as practiced by the machine disclosed in the Letters Patent 01'? R. H Butters, No. 1,320.036.

The objects of the invention are, first, to improve the form and augment the strength oi the said toot-h; second, to maintain the proportions of the said teeth in constant ratio to the diameter of the saw as such diameter may be reduced frornmaximum to minimum within the limits of serviceability; third. to enable a selection ot the angle oi the saw teeth, relatively'to the saw circumi en ence, whereby the said angle may be varied as desired without varying the cross sectional torm ot the cutter teeth or the outline of their respective cutting edges and without impairing the form of the saw teeth; and finally to provide a shearing action which substantially elimin'ates or prevents vibration or chattering".

With the above objects inview, the invention consists of a cutter of: novel construe tional i ornrwhose essential and distinctive features will be pointed out in detail. as the description proceeds.

As regards the'first object, the improved cutter produces .a tooth whose back straight or convex from throat to point, and whose point is short and, therefore, er:- tremely sturdy.

As regards the second object, it may he sumed that a new saw has a diameter of 12.50 and is provided with 300 teeth, each of which suhtends a maximum are of 0.13. As the saw is. repeatedly resharpened and renewed by means of the method and machine reterred to it is reduced in diameter necessary resharpening or may be of and suchreduction of the diameter very considerable within the-limits iceability. Thus, a a diameter ofr10.50 more or less. without seriously impairing its efliciencyalthough it isv advisable to compensate forthe reduction of diameter by an increase in the speed of rotation. i. e., it' the speed of asaw when new be 600 RP. M. the s'peedof the same saw when reduced to a diameter of 10.50 should be 8003. P. M. As the saw is thus reduced in diameter the arc subtended bythe teeth proportionately decreases. being; approximately 0.11 for a saw or 10.50 diameter and provided with 300 cutting teeth.

The cutter is resharpened at regular intervals of greater or less frequency uraccordance with the number o't'linters. being cared'tor by the'saw sharpening machine of which the cutter is an element. In such the cutter tooth its original cross-sectional outline is maintained and its reduction in maximum thickness may be readily 'aused to be propertionate to the above-explained reduction ot the arc subtended by the teeth of the saw in which case the form of the saw teeth will be invariable for any diameterwhile the proportions of the teeth will be in constant ratio to the diameter of. the saw as such diameter may be reduced by the repeated resharpeninnand renewal of the saw.

As regards the third object. the saw tooth, having; its back along; a straight or convex line. may have the angle of such line relative to the. circuinterenco, varied by suitable selection oi the curve of the lower cutting edge otthe cutter teeth without, however, varying the cross-sectional form of the cutter teeth or varying the form of said lower cutting edge which constitutes a generatrix adapted to the above-explained improvement in the form of the saw teeth.

The last object involves a structural feature whose provision is a matter of choice and greatly benefits the operation of the cutter but has no relation to the form of the teeth; and which, whilewithin the purview of the invention, is not to be regarded as a limitation thereof in its broader nspects. This feature consists in thearrangement ot each cutting edge in a plane at a suitable angle to a radial plane of the cutter touching said edge at any point thereof whereby a A. CORPORATION or" Patented June 20, 1922.

saw may be reduced to v sensible shearing action on the saw teeth is produced in the operation of said edge which is effective substantially to eliminate or prevent vibration or chattering.

A cutter constructed in accordance with the invention, and saw teeth produced there by, are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved cutter;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;

Figures 8 and t are detail sectional views on the lines 33 and 41-4 of Figure 2;

Figure5 is a diagram showing the cutter in bottom plan and in operative relation to a pair of saws, the arrow indicating the direction in which the cutter rotates and the active zones being so designated;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary Side elevation of a saw showing the completely formed teeth;

Figure 6 is a bottom sectional plan view projected in the plane G -{P of Figure G;

Figure 6 is a normal plan view projected in the plane G li of Figure (5;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of one of the saw teeth in the plane (S -(3 of Figure 6;

Figures 711 are views illustrating diagrammatically the method of forming the saw teeth;

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic front or edge elevation showing a cutter as working simul taneously upon two saws at relatively opposite sides thereof;

Figure 7 is a side elevation projected in the plane 7"-7 of Figure 7 Figure 7 is a sectional plan view in the plane 7"7 of Figure 7 Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 7 but with the cutter omitted and showing more particularly the condition of the saws upon the completion of the first or initial cut;

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 7 but showing the cutter as making the second or final cut on one of the saws;

Figure 9 is a sectional plan view projected in the plane Si -9 of Figure 9;

Figure '10 is a view showing the saws upon the completion of the operation depicted in Figures 9 and 9;

Figure 11 is a projected view similar to Figure 7 but showing the cutter working on the teeth next below those shown in Figure 8;

Figure 11 the plane ll 'll of Figure 11.

In all of the figures, the saw teeth and the cutter have been drawn to a greatly exaggerated scale to promote clearness of illustration.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved cutter character disclosed in produces teeth of the the pending applicais a side elevation projected in tion of R. H. Butters, Serial No. 152.894., and for convenience such teeth are illustrated in Figures (S 3" and will be briefly described. The teeth shown are adapted for linter saws and, as finished, have cutting edges A which are preferably parallel as far as points B and from said points F taper to a terminal point C. The edges A and the points B and G are inthe plane of the base or front D of the tooth; and the base D of onetooth meets the upper face of the tooth next below, forming therewith an angular throat E. The upper face or back of each tooth has sides F inclineddivergingly and symmetrically from a central apex Gr. Inwardly of the inclined faces F the teeth have the same thickness as the saw and their sides M are co-planar with the sides of the saw. The side edges H of the inclined faces F extend parallel to the apex G and from the points B to points I in the rear of the point K whereat the apex (I meets thebase l) of the tooth next above and between which and the terminal point C the apex G extends. The points I and K may be regarded as the angles of an imaginary triangle co-planar with the base i), the two sides ll of which triangle connect the point K with the points I. The point K, sides L and points I constitute the angular base line of the throat E which thus has a convex -form.

The advantages of saw teeth of the above construction are fully set forth in the said application of R. H. Butters, Serial No. 152.8%, and need not be repeated in this specification. It may be pointed out, however, that teeth having the above structural characteristics are greatly improved, as regards strength and cutting and wearing efficiency, by making their backs, i. e., their apices G- and inclined faces F either straight, as shown, or somewhat convex, from their throats E to their convexly if-shaped points, and such an improvement in the form of the teeth is assured by the cutter of the present invention.

The present cutter is utilized in the practice of the method disclosed in the above mentioned Letters Patent of R. ll. Butters, No. 1,277,375, andv which, for convenience, has been illustrated in Figures 7-11 and will be briefly described.

The cutter conforms to the type known in the mechanical trades as an angular bevel cutter and is shown as working in relation to three saw blades of a gang, these being designated X, Y and Z.

Figure 7 shows the cutter working simultaneously at the right side of the blank X and at the left side of the blank Y. Said cutter, commencing its operation at a point on the periphery of the blank, is rapidly rotated and simrdtaneously fed inwardly, preferably by the machinery disclosed in the pending application of R. H. Butters, Serial No. 161,002. In Figure 7* 'the cutter is at the limit of its inward movement and the work on one side of the blank X is com pleted. Figure 8 shows the cuts made in the blanks X and Y when the cutter operates as shown in Figures 7 and 7 In both blanks X and Y the cutter has with its upper cut ting edges 3, formed the base D of the next preceding tooth and has undercut said base at one side, viz rat the X and at the left side of the blank Y, as best shown in Figurer' In both cases the cutter has made a substantially V-shaped notch in the blank, as shown in Figure 7 and of which the baseD forms one wall. The other wall of the notch is generated by the lower cutting edges 3 and is inclined'laterally, its inclination being downward toward the right in the blank X and downward toward the left in the blank Y. A portion of the surface of the laterally inclined wall of each notch constitutes one of the inclined sides F of the upper face of the tooth.

Figure 9 shows the cutter as working simultaneously upon the blanks Y and Z, at the right side of the blank Y and the left side of the blank Z. The cutter forms a notch in the blank Z exactly similar to the notch previously'forined in the blank Y as shown in Figure 8. In its operation on the blank Y in Figure 9 the cutter completes the tooth except for the formation of the base thereof, that is to say, in working on the right side of the blank Y the cutter completes the undercutting of the base of the next preceding tooth, and cuts away one side of the transversely inclined wall of the notch, whereby said wall has an inverted '-\/-'shaped cross-section and is accordinglyformed with apex G and inclined sides F 5 as shown in Figures 10 and 9 In Figure 11 the cutter is shown as working in the same relation as in F igure? upon the blanks X and Y but as forming the teeth next below the teeth formed by the operation depictedin Figure 7. The action of the cutter in the relation shown in Figure 10 is exactly the same as in Figure 7. That is to say, the cutter forms the base of the next preceding tooth and cuts a V-shaped notch of which said base forms one wall. It is to be observed, however, that the plane of the base includes the lower or outer terminal point of the apex G, as shown in the case of the blank I in Figure 10, where by the outer end of the base is triangular and the point of the tooth is of triangular pyramidal form. This is clearly illustrated in Figures 11 and ll 'showing a completed tooth T and below it a half-finished tooth T. It will be observed that the base'D of the tooth T is cut in a plane in which the lower or outer end of the apex G, as formed prior to the cutting of the tooth next below, lies.

' quire-"for their completion cutter at the-left side of said blank similar to the operatlons shown in connection with Z require for their rigl'it side of the blank at the right side of the blank similar. to tionwith"the blank X. workingron one side of the blank has formed a notch therein, it is moved beyond the periphery of the blank and the blank is then shifted about its center by .the cutter may gang and such alinement will be and uniformly maintained.

as stated, conforms in the mechanical bevel cutter as shown in F igiire 9,

It will-be understood that all of the teeth similarly to the tooth T shown Itis, of course, the blank Y reare formed in Figures 11 and 11. obvious that-the teeth of the blank Z and that the teeth of the blank completion operations of the cutter the operations shown in connec- When the cutter as an axis. of rotatlon through the distance of a tooth, whererepeat the operation in connection with the formation of the next lowermost tooth.

In all cases, the action of the cutter is positive, since the cutter'works upon the stock of the teeth. rather than upon the mere =surfaces thereof. Hence, the action of the eutteris independent of the condition or alinement of the teeth transversely of the perfectly The cutter of the present invention, which, to the type-well known trades as an angular is illustrated in Figures 15 and has a suitable number, e. g. eight, of cutting teeth 2 which radiate from a hub 1 and are separated by V-shaped notches 5. The front and rear faces 6 and 7 of each tooth are in substantially parallel planes and the front face 6 of one tooth and the rear face 7 of the tooth next in advance form the walls of each notch 5. Each tooth is provi ded'in the plane of its front face with an upper cutting edge 3 and a lower cutting edge While the plane in which the edges 3 and 3 lie may be radial or substantially radial, itis, in'the construction preferred and asshown, disposed at a suitable angle to a radial plane of the cutter touching said edges at any point thereof whereby (the cutter rotating in the direction of the arrow, Figure 5) a sensible shearing action on the saw teeth is produced in the operation of said edges which action is effective substantially toeliminatev or prevent vibration or chattering. The edges 3 and 3 of each tooth terminate at points 4 from which they diverge inward, the edges 3 occupying a horizontal plane and the edges 3 being inclined downward. The outer edges 10 of the teeth and which subtend'the front and rear faces 6 and 7 recede'from the points 4 to points located inward of the imaginary circle wherein the points 4 lie, thereby providing a relief along the periphery of the cutter for the pointst. The upper faces 8 of'the teeth operations of the i (i and 7 in general lief for the edges 3.

- parallel same tooth while ordinary form and line R be straight or somewhat convex.

are in pl ancs inclined at a slight angle down-v ward froin the common plane wherein the edges 3 lie, thereby providing a relief for the edges 3. The under faces 9 of the teeth are bevelled throughout their extent and are inclined ina direction snbtending the faces conformity to the inclination of the edge 10, thereby providing a re- It will thus be seen that the sectional area of each tooth-in planes to the front face 6 diminishes in a direct-ion approaching the rear face 7 of the the sectional outline of each tooth in said planes remains the same.

According to the present invention, the lower cutting edge 3 of each tooth is a generatrix, it having a concave curvature which is selected whereby said edge as it traverses the saw in the active zone of the cutter (see Figure 5) will generate in the central longitudinal plane of the saw a line (indicated diagrammatically at B in Figure 1) extending at a downward angle to the circumference of the saw and which at no point of its length will lie inward of a straight line drawn between the throat of the saw teeth and its point in that central wherein liesthe generated line 1%. The line thus generated by the edge 8 determines the longitudinal outline of the back of the tooth, i. c., the longitudinal outline of the apex G and sides F and, having the characteristic noted, may be either straight or somewhat convex, whereby the back of the tooth will be straight or convex and the pyramidal point of the tooth will be short and sturdy. In this way the strength and wearing and cutting qualities of the saw tooth are greatly improved in contrast with a saw tooth of the same length but produced by an angular cutter" of the which has a straight It will be a matter of whether the generated In both cases the same advantageous results will be secured and a concave cutting edge 3 of a greater degree of concavity than that required for the generation of a straight line will generate a convex line.

According to the present invention the under faces 9 are curved throughout their extent in a direction parallel to the direct-ion of the edges 3 in such manner that a lower cutting edge parallel to the edge 3' and located in any plane of the tooth lying inward of the plane in which the edges 3 and 8 he will generate a line B of the same outline as that generated by the said edge 8. lnother words, each face 9 of each tooth provides a curved relief, any line of which parallel to the edge 8 of the same tooth will serve as the location of a cutting edge which will generate a line B of the same outline as that generated by the said edge 3*.

plane ofv the saw lower cutting edge. personal preference The cutter is sharpened by the action of a blade which operates between the periphery of the cutter and the hub just behind the face 6 and in a plane parallel to the plane of said face and removes an extremely thin strip of metal, thereby forming new cutting edges 3 and 3' and a new face 6 parallel to the original cutting edges and face 6. Owing to the described curvature of the face 9 any new edge 3 ening will, as it traverses the saw in the active zone ofthe cutter, generate a line B of the same outline as that generated by the original edge 3*.

Inasmuch as the tooth 2 diminishes in sectional area between the faces 6 and 7 the cutting edges produced by repeated resharp ening of the cutter will become shorter but the sectional outline of the tooth in a plane parallel to the face 6 will remain the same. Hence, the tooth 2 may, by resharpening, be worn down so as to produce saw teeth whose dimensions are in constantratio to the diameter of the saw as such diameter may be reduced from maximum to minimum by re peated resharpening and renewal of the said saw but whose outline and structural characteristics will remain the same.

By varying the maximum vertical. thickness of the-teeth of the cutter the number of teeth to the periphery of the saw may be varied i Byvarying the angle of the working plane of the; cutter the angle of the front or base of the saw. tooth relatively to the radius of the -saw may be. varied without varying the proportions of. the tooth.

By varying the angle of the curve of the lower cutting edge the angle of the back of the saw tooth relatively to the circumference may be variedwithout impairing its form, it being noted that the form of the saw tooth is independent of the cross-sectional form of the cutter teeth.

by varying the form or degree of the concave curve of the lower cuttingedge the outline of the back of the tooth may be varied,

subject to the lin'iitation that the form or degree of said concave curve must generate a line B of the character and for the purposes and advantagesdescribed.

lrlaving fully described our invention, we claim i 1 f 1. As an element of a'machine for sharp- .cnin-g linter saws an angular bevel cutter adapted by operation on the sides of a saw or saw blank to cut saw teeth therein and having a hub and a pllnality of radiating teeth, each provided with upper and lower cuttingedges in the plane of its front face, said edges extending divergingly from their peripherally located meeting point to said hub,the lower edge being a iconcavely curved generatriX operative to generate in a major plane of the saw a line which determines thus produced by sharpthe location and outline of the back of the saw tooth and no point of which is located inward beyond a straight line drawn between the throat of the saw tooth and its point.

2. As an element of a machine for sharpening linter saws an angular bevel cutter adapted by operation on the sides of a saw or saw blank to cut saw teeth therein and having a hub and a plurality of radiating teeth, each provided with upper and lower cutting edges in the plane of its front face, said edges extending divergingly from their peripherally located meeting point to said hub, the lower edge being a concavely curved generatrix operative to generate in a major plane of the saw a line which determines the location and outline of the back of the saw tooth and no point of which is located inward beyond a straight line drawn between the throat of the saw tooth and its point, each critter tooth having its outer edge inclined inward relatively to the circle wherein lie the meeting points of said cutting edges and having its under face inclined in conformity to said inclined outer edge, thereby to provide a relief for the lower cutting edge, and also concavely curved throughout its extent in a direction between said inclined outer edge and the hub in such manner that any line of said under face parallel tosaid lower cutting edge will determine the 1ocation of a cutting edge which will generate in the maj or plane of the saw a line of the same form and character as that generated by said lower cutting edge.

3. As an element of a machine for sharpening linter saws an angular bevel cutter adapted by operation on the sides of a saw or saw blank to cut saw teeth therein and having a hub and a plurality of radiating teeth, each provided with upper and lower cutting edges in the plane of its front face which plane is disposed at a suitable angle to a radial plane touching said edges at any point whereby to exercise a sensible shearing action on the saw or saw blank.

4-. As an element of a machine for sharpening linter saws an angular bevel cutter adapted by operation on the sides of a saw or saw blank to cut saw teeth therein and having a hub and a plurality of radiating teeth, each provided with upper and lower cutting edges in the plane of its front face which plane is disposed at a suitable angle to a radial plane touching said edges at any point whereby to exercise a sensible shearing action on the saw or saw blank, said edges extending divergingly from their peripherally located meeting point to said hub, the lower edge being a concavely curved generatrix operative to generate in a major plane of the saw a line which determines the location and I outline of the back of the saw tooth and no point of which is located inward beyond a straight line drawn between the throat of the saw tooth and its point.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WARNER H. CAMP. ROBERT H. BUTTERS. lVitnesses P. G.l\loDUFr1n, N. E. ROGERS. 

